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Orange County Indexed

Shelton marriages

3 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.

James Hayes and Rhody Shelton

Marriage bond, 15 December 1803

Bond dated
15 December 1803
In the books
Orange Marriage Book G-H, page 691, at the Register of Deeds

W N Shelton and Ariana Roberson

Marriage bond, 25 December 1850

Bond dated
25 December 1850
In the books
Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 149, at the Register of Deeds

Freeman M Shelton and Martha E Kistler

Marriage bond, 21 November 1859

Bond dated
21 November 1859
In the books
Orange Marriage Book S-V, page 156, at the Register of Deeds
In the newspaper
Hillsborough Recorder, 30 November 1859, page 3: married by D. C. Johnson, of the N. C. Conference; in Hillsborough, N. C., at the residence of the bride's father (our reading of the notice)
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60009, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Roc–Ta” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
  • The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 380 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).
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